Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in San Antonio

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December 14, 2022
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Highest-paying computer and engineering jobs in San Antonio

Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX metro area using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage. Jobs the BLS lists as "architecture and engineering occupations" or "computer and mathematical occupations" were considered. Keep reading to discover the highest paying computer and engineering jobs in your city.

#30. Web and digital interface designers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $70,480
- #82 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,460
- Employment: 82,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($144,720)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($137,720)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($129,760)

#29. Aerospace engineering and operations technologists and technicians

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $72,340
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,510
- Employment: 10,900
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($106,970)
--- Oklahoma City, OK ($93,540)
--- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL ($92,190)

#28. Web developers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $74,000
- #87 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 350

National
- Annual mean salary: $81,320
- Employment: 84,820
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($124,430)
--- California-Lexington Park, MD ($111,080)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($110,880)

#27. Statisticians

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $76,590
- #68 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $99,450
- Employment: 31,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($155,320)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($129,620)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($125,860)

#26. Computer programmers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $81,020
- #174 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 880

National
- Annual mean salary: $96,650
- Employment: 152,610
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($144,130)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($126,220)
--- Dalton, GA ($123,500)

#25. Network and computer systems administrators

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $85,160
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 2,650

National
- Annual mean salary: $91,250
- Employment: 316,760
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($135,440)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,370)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($110,930)

#24. Software quality assurance analysts and testers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $86,190
- #92 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,060

National
- Annual mean salary: $97,710
- Employment: 190,120
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($138,360)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($126,640)
--- California-Lexington Park, MD ($122,750)

#23. Architects, except landscape and naval

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $88,640
- #81 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 470

National
- Annual mean salary: $91,900
- Employment: 100,400
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Birmingham-Hoover, AL ($120,430)
--- Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL ($115,450)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($113,780)

#22. Civil engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $90,770
- #155 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,710

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,490
- Employment: 304,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($119,720)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($116,550)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($115,120)

#21. Bioengineers and biomedical engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $91,460
- #36 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $101,020
- Employment: 17,190
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Flagstaff, AZ ($151,560)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($122,950)
--- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI ($120,340)

#20. Materials engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $93,900
- #61 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $101,950
- Employment: 21,530
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Boulder, CO ($135,680)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($134,720)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($129,400)

#19. Industrial engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $94,310
- #121 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,290

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,200
- Employment: 293,950
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Anchorage, AK ($142,770)
--- Midland, TX ($129,440)
--- Billings, MT ($126,170)

#18. Electrical engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $95,330
- #249 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 790

National
- Annual mean salary: $107,890
- Employment: 186,020
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($148,870)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($133,640)
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($124,680)

#17. Computer systems analysts

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $97,340
- #83 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 3,260

National
- Annual mean salary: $102,210
- Employment: 505,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($141,290)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($131,650)
--- Huntsville, AL ($118,690)

#16. Database administrators

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $97,870
- #44 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 590

National
- Annual mean salary: $96,550
- Employment: 85,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($123,540)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($121,430)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($120,280)

#15. Mechanical engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $99,180
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 900

National
- Annual mean salary: $97,000
- Employment: 278,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($137,540)
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($128,790)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,030)

#14. Actuaries

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $100,360
- #58 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 200

National
- Annual mean salary: $125,300
- Employment: 23,040
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($245,520)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($144,550)
--- Springfield, MA-CT ($144,320)

#13. Information security analysts

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $100,640
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,270

National
- Annual mean salary: $113,270
- Employment: 157,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($150,820)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($149,250)
--- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA ($135,080)

#12. Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $103,440
- #51 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 150

National
- Annual mean salary: $99,700
- Employment: 22,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($127,700)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($123,690)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($122,770)

#11. Data scientists

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $103,980
- #42 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 450

National
- Annual mean salary: $108,660
- Employment: 105,980
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($157,110)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($153,180)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($135,900)

#10. Electronics engineers, except computer

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $104,710
- #88 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

National
- Annual mean salary: $115,490
- Employment: 107,170
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($152,060)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($138,480)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($136,310)

#9. Operations research analysts

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $105,050
- #15 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,330

National
- Annual mean salary: $95,830
- Employment: 98,700
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($164,730)
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($127,330)
--- Austin-Round Rock, TX ($118,710)

#8. Software developers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $106,870
- #114 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 5,100

National
- Annual mean salary: $120,990
- Employment: 1,364,180
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($167,420)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($158,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($148,220)

#7. Computer hardware engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $106,960
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $136,230
- Employment: 73,750
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($185,210)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($183,320)
--- San Diego-Carlsbad, CA ($161,580)

#6. Environmental engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $107,050
- #44 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 160

National
- Annual mean salary: $100,220
- Employment: 42,660
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX ($131,700)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($127,470)
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($127,160)

#5. Aerospace engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $109,290
- #45 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $122,970
- Employment: 56,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA ($166,060)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($149,490)
--- Boulder, CO ($148,990)

#4. Computer network architects

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $110,670
- #93 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 890

National
- Annual mean salary: $120,650
- Employment: 168,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($177,600)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($152,900)
--- Rapid City, SD ($145,810)

#3. Computer and information research scientists

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $130,490
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $142,650
- Employment: 30,840
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($209,890)
--- Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ ($202,020)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($183,750)

#2. Database architects

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $133,550
- #14 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 300

National
- Annual mean salary: $121,840
- Employment: 50,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($187,070)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($161,830)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($156,530)

#1. Petroleum engineers

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
- Annual mean salary: $135,560
- #27 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $145,720
- Employment: 22,100
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($214,700)
--- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA ($175,590)
--- Anchorage, AK ($169,650)

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